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Open Mike 26/07/2026
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Open Mike 25/07/2026
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Daily review 24/07/2026
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Open Mike 24/07/2026
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Iranian Ambassador: why the US blundered so badly, the state of diplomacy and ways forward.
In this interview with His Excellency Reza Nazar Ahari, the Iranian Ambassador to Wellington, we discussed the war, the state of diplomacy with the West, issues of sovereignty, defence and the internal politics of Iran. He provided some fascinating analysis into why the Western strategy…
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Daily review 23/07/2026
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Stuart Gnash
So Stuart Nash is goneburger. It seems that even a party full of shock jocks has standards. He made deeply disparaging and untrue comments about his opponent National MP Katy Nimmo and has clearly been forced to resign as a NZ First candidate. I have…
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Open Mike 23/07/2026
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Daily review 22/07/2026
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Electricity Policy and Power Bills In Winter 2026
The Green Party has launched their electricity policy called Kiwipower. The full plan includes some big moves, with ideas we may have heard before. They include forming Kiwipower which is a new public utility that will ensure affordable power and energy security, fill the gaps in market…
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Open Mike 22/07/2026
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Daily review 21/07/2026
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Jones should be sacked
Donald Trump has a lot to answer for. Throughout the Western World careerist politicians who are wedded to public funding and the perks offered by public office think that being as obnoxious as possible is a career preserving and enhancing option. They generally rail against…
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Defusing the goddamn ticking time bomb
Seven minutes on Morning Report: Chlöe Swarbrick on Green Party’s new energy policy Swarbrick is in full electioneering mode, it's great to see. Campbell reins her in a bit to explain the new Kiwipower and Power for Us All energy policies. What we are seeing…
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The World Cup final, and Defence double standards in the Pacific
Gordon Campbell @ Werewolf Well, the football World Cup is over and the good guys won, geo-politically speaking. Meaning: Spain was the first European country to officially join the case that South Africa brought before the International Court of Justice over Israel’s genocidal actions in…
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Open Mike 21/07/2026
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Daily review 20/07/2026
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The Greens: Kiwipower and Power for All of Us
New policy suite out from the Green Party: Kiwipower and Power for all of us As with Labour's recent solar policy, this is intelligent policy design. Green politics has always included human wellbeing alongside the environment, and here we see the timely confluence of that…
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Open Mike 20/07/2026
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